I have to admit, I really did love Michael Patrick’s latest column titled “Religious belief not obsolete,” but not for any reason Patrick would likely have intended. His column serves as a reminder...

People get angry about a lot of things: early morning traffic jams, loud parties on school nights and buildings related to a religion they dislike. We don't like being angry, and it's our instinct to seek...

When cramming for an exam, sitting in a boring lecture, or weeping silently at my keyboard as words fail to form on my computer screen, I occasionally have a particular thought: why am I doing this? What...

It is hard to write on this subject without feeling like a giant hypocrite. I am sitting down in what is basically a small mansion in the suburbs of Birmingham, shielded quite well from the rampant poverty...

Recently, due to an excess of time and a shortage of money, I embarked on a good, old-fashioned job hunt – only, I discovered very quickly it isn't a good, old-fashioned job hunt anymore. The classic...